go back

Gastrin After Secretin Stimulation

Washington rates for HCPCS 82938

A set of blood measurements of gastrin, the hormone that tells the stomach to produce acid, taken before and after a dose of secretin is given through a vein. In most people secretin lowers gastrin, so a sharp rise instead points to a hormone-producing tumor as the cause of severe or repeated ulcers.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Gastrin After Secretin Stimulation cost?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$11.48 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$19.50 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $18 to $49Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10$20$50facility $26professional $16

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.38
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$48.98
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$35.48
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$19.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$31.62
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.27

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Kansas than in Oklahoma. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Washington· 32nd of 51

$16.60

KS $47.86OK $13.18

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.